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VOCABULABY. 
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a store-house; Prov. gssj 
"si's a horse when 
he gets loose, goes back to the 
chaff-house. 
VTW, cidj. light brown. 
v3 
VT^T, or vr^f, chaff. 
vj . J 
tbe earth = Q- v. 
ornaments. 
adj. hungry, 
geography. 
ifolT, parched grain. 
adj. burnt, dry ; Prov. ^ 
HTJT *r, ftff ^T, there is 
not even dried bhang in the house, 
and the lady is gobbling chura in 
public, (i. e. is extravagant) : cf. 
*£?r, a ghost, a portent. 
ijy;, a hole. 
= **?§% q- v. 
adj. fearful, terrible. 
«s{2> 
V-Z (1), an interview : deserts. 
Wt (2), vr^r, v. a. to meet, 
a meeting. 
i?oiT3, v. a. to send ; the more usual 
word is 
a secret. 
a spy, busy-body; Prov. 
wfT. JT^f, through 
a spy in the house Lanka was 
burned. 
if IT, a beetle. 
il’C, adj. <$f adv. exceeding: very, 
sound asleep. 
$c., see 
q.v. a preliminary 
tour of visits paid by a bride or a 
bridegroom to her or his relations, 
two or three days before the mar- I 
riage. It is the custom for the 
person visited to give the visitor 
a present, ittjt, to ask for 
a wedding present; hence , to go 
on this tour of visits. 
W, form, appearance: dress: dis¬ 
guise. 
vr (1), *r 5i^r, see ^fr. 
*?, (2), fear. 
Cj%t, a buffalo ; Prov. 
^T%if the buf¬ 
falo is only a fool, and you’ve 
given it a grand name,—Kunja- 
lia. 
adj. terrible. 
a husband’s elder brother 
with whom the wife cannot speak ; 
a younger brother is ^STlT, with, 
whom she can speak ; cf. VTP5TT?;. 
I?t3r, v. a. to enjoy. 
iftJR, enjoyment. 
the act of eating. 
ifK, morning, dawn. 
?TT, see 
?ff% obi. the eye-brows; cf. 
an elder brother’s wife; a 
wife is only allowed to speak to 
her husband's younger brethren , 
and often has an intrigue with 
one of them , hence the Prov. 
^ W ^ VT5JT*;, the 
vj * 
wife of a fool, is elder brother’s 
wife to every one in the village ; 
cf 
a whirlpool. 
the humble-bee. 
